Gennadios the Phylakitai

Gennadios the Phylakitai (died 48 BC) was a Ptolemaic Egyptian phylakitai in Alexandria during the reign of Pharaoh Ptolemy XIII.

Biography
Gennadios was a chief of the phylakitai paramilitary police force of Ptolemaic Egypt, maintaining order in Alexandria for Pharaoh Ptolemy XIII. In 48 BC, he was tasked with leading his men in a house-to-house search for Aya, a female assassin who had murdered the Order of the Ancients members Actaeon and Ktesos. Gennadios and his soldiers searched the Jewish quarter of Alexandria and prepared to torture the dockworkers, but the medjay Bayek, Aya's husband, tracked Gennadios down to the Akra Garrison. Bayek used a ballista to mortally wound Gennadios, shooting him with two bolts. When Bayek confronted a dying Gennadios, Gennadios said that he was only doing his duty as a phylakitai in hunting down Aya, and he warned Bayek that his fellow phylakitai would hunt Gennadios down to exact revenge.